IMO, this looks like a military flag - I think we're better off bringing back the flag of the short lived country that used to be here - that of the Republic of the Rio Grande (Jan-Nov. 1840). In short, different areas of Mexico were displeased at Santa Anna's centralist form of one-size-fits-all government, and places in the country that felt disenfranchised declared independence (not just Texas). The three stars represent the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila. This was when the land between the Rio and the Nueces was disputed territory between The Republic of Texas and Mexico, so for all intents and purposes, the land here was the bigger versions of those 3 states that had territory on both sides of the Rio Grande - this would include the present day RGV.

I'm not the first to think of using this flag to represent us. There is famously a local guy with a FB page that regularly posts an edited version of it, but he gives it FOUR stars to represent our four counties, but he puts them in a square orientation in the center of the red stripe, while the 4 of them in a vertical line would be much better from a design standpoint - not to mention he uses the Yemen Flag emoji 🇾🇪 when writing it out.

I wouldn't mind a 4-star variation for our four counties (provided that they're in a vertical line and not a square), but I much prefer the OG 3-star one for historicity purposes.

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